What Is Cortez Bryant’s Net Worth?
Cortez Bryant is an American businessman who has a net worth of $50 million. Cortez Bryant earned his net worth as the Chief Visionary Officer of Young Money Entertainment and founder of Bryant Management. Bryant is one of the most influential and successful businessmen in the music industry today. He got his fist major break in 2004 when he started managing his longtime friend, rapper Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne along with Bryant’s elite client rapper/singer Drake are some of the most successful artists of the past decade. They have sold millions of records and they have countless fans worldwide. In October 2007, Lil Wayne stepped down as the President of the record label Young Money Entertainment and handed the reins over to Cortez. Young Money Entertainment is an imprint of Birdman’s Universal Motown and distributed by Cash Money Records. Bryant has also produced the 2010 documentary “Drake: Better Than Good Enough” and the 2012 docuseries “Nicki Minaj: My Truth.”
Early Life
Cortez Bryant was born on August 28, 1979, and grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. Bryant’s leadership skills were apparent in high school, where he was part of virtually every extracurricular activity and sport offered at his high school, including the marching band and basketball team. Cortez attended Jackson State University on a music scholarship, and there, he majored in mass communications and was a member of the national honorary music fraternity known as the Kappa Kappa Psi.
Career
Cortez met Lil Wayne when the two attended Eleanor McMain Secondary School, and he toured with the rapper during his college years and later became his manager. They created Young Money Entertainment together, and Bryant became the COO. Bryant Management merged with Hip Hop Since 1978 (which was formed by Gee Roberson and Kyambo “Hip-Hop” Joshua) to become The Blueprint Group, with Cortez serving as co-CEO. He also co-founded Assemble, “an online marketplace that allows individuals to get personalized advice from a diverse group of experts via 1-1 video calls and short video responses.” In 2021, Bryant returned to Jackson State University to teach a Careers in Music course. In an interview with “JSU Newsroom,” he stated, “If I weren’t in the music business, I would have been a teacher. I always wanted to come back to Jackson State, which has done so much for me in terms of making me the person I am.”
Cortez Bryant (R). Getty Images
Personal Life
Cortez has a son named River, who was born in 2020. Bryant established the Cortez Bryant Foundation, whose mission is to “actuate and support innovative initiatives that develop and stimulate diverse and inclusive pathways to careers in entertainment and media.” According to the official website, the foundation is focusing on music and media curricula, music industry talent pipeline development, and foundation grants, and its Jackson Freedom School Collaborative will “provide funding and technical resources to close the learning gap caused by virtual learning during the pandemic and the literacy gap for children living in poverty.”
Honors
Bryant has been featured in “Power 100” magazine’s “Urban Power Issue” and “40 Under 40” list, and “Complex” included him on its “25 Most Powerful People in Rap” list. He has also been featured on the “Billboard 100 Power List” numerous times.
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